Manage Contexts

A descriptive flexfield may have a context segment to provide context sensitivity. You can create, edit, and delete context segments for a descriptive flexfield.

Create Context

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Descriptive Flexfields task in the Application Extensions functional area.
On the Manage Descriptive Flexfields page, use the text fields in the Search section to search for a descriptive flexfield.
Select the descriptive flexfield and click the Edit icon.
On the Edit Descriptive Flexfield page, click Manage Contexts.
On the Manage Contexts page, click the Create icon.
On the Create Context page, enter the values for the context.
Click Save and Close.

Edit Context

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Descriptive Flexfields task in the Application Extensions functional area.
On the Manage Descriptive Flexfields page, use the text fields in the Search section to search for a descriptive flexfield.
Select the descriptive flexfield and click the Edit icon.
On the Edit Descriptive Flexfield page, click Manage Contexts.
On the Manage Contexts page, use the Search text field to search for a context.
Select the context and click the Edit icon.
On the Edit Context page, edit the values for the context.
Click Save and Close.

Delete Context

You can delete unwanted contexts, but once you delete a context, you can never recover it. So, before you delete, be sure that you don't need it anymore.

In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Descriptive Flexfields task in the Application Extensions functional area.
On the Manage Descriptive Flexfields page, use the text fields in the Search section to search for a descriptive flexfield.
Select the descriptive flexfield and click the Edit icon.
On the Edit Descriptive Flexfield page, click Manage Contexts.
On the Manage Contexts page, use the Search text field to search for a context.
Select the context and click the Delete icon.
In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.